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The following are 25 facts that the mainstream media doesn’t really want to talk about right now…

#1 The mainstream media doesn’t really want to talk about the fact that gun sales are absolutely skyrocketingin the aftermath of the horrific tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

#2 The mainstream media doesn’t really want to talk about the fact that disarming the population has resulted in some of the most horrific massacres in human history. The following is from the Warrior Times…

#4 The mainstream media doesn’t really want to talk about the fact that volcanoes all along the Ring of Fire are roaring to life. It seems like a new eruption is being reported every few days now. In fact, a red alert has just been issued for a massive volcano that sits along the border between Chile and Argentina.

#5 The mainstream media doesn’t really want to talk about the fact that the use of genetically engineered seeds has caused on explosion of new “super weeds” that are incredibly difficult for farmers to kill.

#6 The mainstream media doesn’t really want to talk about the fact that renowned trends forecaster Gerald Celente is predicting a “financial disaster” in 2013.

#7 The mainstream media doesn’t really want to talk about the fact that it is easier to get into Harvard than it is to get a job as a flight attendant in America today.

#8 The mainstream media doesn’t really want to talk about the fact that nearly 400 TSA employees have been fired for stealing from travelers since 2003.

#9 The mainstream media doesn’t really want to talk about the fact that giant corporations such as Facebook are funneling gigantic amounts of money through offshore banking havens such as the Cayman Islands in an effort to avoid taxes.

#10 The mainstream media doesn’t really want to talk about the fact that the U.S. dollar is in danger of losing its status as the primary reserve currency of the world.

#11 The mainstream media doesn’t really want to talk about the fact that Barack Obama has gone off to vacation in Hawaii while the rest of the nation hopes for a fiscal cliff deal to get done. Of course the mainstream media has to mention that he is on vacation because they always keep track of what the president does, but they are not making a big deal out of it because they love Obama. And it sounds like Obama is having quite a good time on his little vacation…

The president is expected to indulge in some of his favorite pastimes on the island where he was born and raised: golf, an expedition for the local treat “shave ice,” and an evening out with family and friends. He hit the links at the nearby Marine Corps base under sunny skies on Saturday afternoon.

#12 The mainstream media doesn’t really want to talk about the fact that there are government websites that give immigrants instructions about how to come over to our country and apply for welfare.

#13 The mainstream media doesn’t really want to talk about the fact that the U.S. economy is losing millions of jobs to nations where it is legal to pay workers slave labor wages. The mainstream media is totally married to the one world economic agenda that their corporate owners make so much money from, and so they say nothing as a steady stream of businesses and jobs continue to leave the country.

#14 The mainstream media doesn’t really want to talk about the fact that the recent tax increase is causing large numbers of wealthy individuals to consider moving out of the state of California.

#15 The mainstream media doesn’t really want to talk about the fact that hunger and poverty are absolutely exploding in the United States at the same time that they are telling us that the economy is “recovering”.

#16 The mainstream media doesn’t really want to talk about the fact that North Korea now has a three-stage rocket with enough range to potentially hit the western United States.

#17 The mainstream media doesn’t really want to talk about the fact that the United States Postal Service is losing25 million dollars a day and is on the verge of financial collapse.

#19 The mainstream media doesn’t really want to talk about the fact that political correctness is taking over America. The truth is that the media does not see any problem with that at all.

#20 The mainstream media doesn’t really want to talk about the fact that nearly half a million employees of the federal government are making more than $100,000 a year.

#21 The mainstream media doesn’t really want to talk about the fact that the birth rate in the United States fallen to an all-time low. The elite are actually absolutely thrilled that less babies are being born.

#22 The mainstream media doesn’t really want to talk about the fact that violent crime in the United States increased by 18 percent in 2011 and that many major U.S. cities are seeing violent crime totally spiral out of control.

#23 The mainstream media doesn’t really want to talk about the fact that Barack Obama received more than 99 percent of the vote in more than 100 precincts in Ohio on election day.

#24 The mainstream media doesn’t really want to talk about the fact that during the first four years of the Obama administration, the U.S. national debt grew by about as much as it did from the time that George Washington took office to the time that George W. Bush took office.

#25 The mainstream media doesn’t really want to talk about the fact that the Federal Reserve created the conditions for the last financial crisis and their mismanagement of the economy has now brought us to the verge of another horrible economic downturn. According to the mainstream media, the Federal Reserve is “above politics” and should not be criticized.

#19 Manufacturing employment in the U.S. computer industry was actually lower in 2010 than it was in 1975.

#20 In 1959, manufacturing represented 28 percent of all U.S. economic output. In 2008, it represented only 11.5 percent.

#21 The television manufacturing industry began in the United States. So how many televisions are manufactured in the United States today? According to Princeton University economist Alan S. Blinder, the grand total is zero.

#40 The U.S. national debt is now nearly 15 times larger than it was just 30 years ago.

It doesn’t have to be this way! Not a left right issue, as both have failed to protect our people, and it is the people who can turn this around by demanding that our leaders do exactly that! Will we stand as worthy stewards over our inheritance, or will we give our children and our grandchildren the pain of poverty and defeat?

When diversity trumps excellence, we all suffer. A civilization that fails their best will fail their least, and not stand for long. Excellence is the standard we must seek if we wish to give our children a better nation than the one we inherited.

There seems to be a bit of confusion from the left about freedom of speech. Well, in all fairness, they are remarkably consistent that freedom of speech applies only to the left. That’s unfortunate, but it is where we are at these days. I don’t care what Bill Maher or Rush Limbaugh say in their shows, but clearly there is no set standard here. It is an interesting tie in for me, as I have thought about artists and free speech, and the contrast between the Dixie Chicks and the Beatles.

1966 was a very rough year for the Beatles. John Lennon stated that the Beatles were more popular than Jesus, which caused a huge uproar. They met record burnings, protests, and death threats. They also encountered controversies in Japan and the Philippines. This was all part of the decision to end touring in 1966.

Lennon did apologize, and the Beatles went into the studio. Rumors were that they broke up. The end of the group was a significant theme that played a part in the Sgt Pepper’s cover.

When the public finally got a glimpse of what had happened to them, it was through the Strawberry Fields Forever/Penny Lane release. Strawberry Fields did not address the issues at all directly, but the message was very peaceful.

“Nothing to get hung about.”

The Beatles went on later to release Sgt Pepper’s which became one of the greatest albums of all time. The controversy was never revisited afterward, and they continued on a very successful career collectively and as solo acts.

The Dixie Chicks Natalie Maines, as the U.S. was preparing to go to war with Iraq, said before a live audience in England, “Just so you know, we’re on the good side with y’all. We do not want this war, this violence, and we’re ashamed that the President of the United States is from Texas.”

Maines also apologized, and then they did everything they could to continue to throw the incident into the faces of their fans. The Rolling Stone cover, the FUTK shirt directed at Toby Keith at the ACM’s, the Lipton commercial, the tour, the interviews, all continued to bring the situation front and center.

Like the Beatles, the Dixie Chicks finished the tour and went into the studio to record, “Taking the Long Way.” There was little activity, and there was much speculation about the future of the Dixie Chicks. When the album finally came out, “Not Ready to Make Nice” again continued the controversy, further alienated the Dixie Chicks from their fans, and resulted in a weak tour. Great song and honest enough, but it was gasoline on a fire. Contrast “Not Ready to Make Nice” with “Strawberry Fields Forever” and it doesn’t take much to see why the Beatles were able to move forward where the Dixie Chicks were not.

The Dixie Chicks may well come back, but what a waste of talent and emotion. They were not going to succeed following the course they did. They are not the Beatles.

A band is a business that sells music. The artist does have freedom of speech but the public likewise has the freedom to reject your product based upon what you are saying and or doing. It really doesn’t matter if it is hamburgers or songs, even if the quality is in the product. Your success does not mean that you have the right to push your views on your fans. There are those who do, but their success is limited. Where love and human experiences are universal, politics are not, and it will limit success. Elvis understood this. The Beatles learned the lesson, but really knew it early on.

The Dixie Chicks said what they said, and aligned their product with a position while criticizing everyone who didn’t want to follow them. They have the freedom to say whatever, but the expectation that everyone would follow them was deeply flawed. Freedom of speech works both ways, and the fans had every right to say no to the music, be it the Beatles or the Dixie Chicks. I like their music, but honestly Natalie Maines could have learned much from John Lennon, and all artists can learn much from the example of both the Beatles and the Dixie Chicks.